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Wetpixel Associate Editor Alex Mustard was interviewed by Charlotte Coales in January about his underwater photography and his winning images in the 2013 Wildlife Photographer Of The Year competition. The presentation was a question and answer session held in the Attenborough Studio at the Natural History Museum, London.

If you haven’t done so yet, just a reminder that you have 4 days left to enter the 2014 DEEP Indonesia Contest. Hosted by Wetpixel and DivePhotoGuide, DEEP is, together with Our World Underwater, the pinnacle of underwater competitions.

Underwater time lapse photography can tell scientists a lot about what happens on a coral reef. Over the past five years Dr. Pim Bongaerts of the University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute has used time lapse photography to document coral reefs.

National Geographic photo of the day for March 3, 2014 is a stunning capture of a wide mouthed bluefin tuna by NG photographer Brian Skerry. The photo is released in tandem with an article on bluefin tuna in the print magazine this month.

CM Products has started shipping their new pole cam set up. The pole can be disassembled to fit into most carrying cases. The pole’s head angle can be adjusted and will fit most housings. The polecam is normally supplied with a triggering system, which can also be used a remote trigger off the pole.

The Nudibranch Photo Competition 2014 (NPC) is calling for entries. The contest has been founded to celebrate nudibranchs and their allies and there are just two simple categories in this inaugural contest: British Nudibranchs and Nudibranchs of the Rest of the World.

Filmmakers Howard and Michelle Hall have re-released a short film filmed entirely within 100 miles of Los Angeles. It was originally made: “To present at a Reef Check fund raiser a few years ago. The event was in Los Angeles and Reef Check wanted to feature California marine life.”

Lightroom guru and underwater photographer Erin Quigley has reposted one of her Lightroom tutorials about using the Adjustment brush in Lightroom 4. Using the brush is fundamentally the same in Lightroom 5, so the advice is current.